Senior Consultant

Department: Consulting
Location: Remote
Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Secure Ideas is seeking a Senior Consultant to lead advanced penetration testing and security assessment engagements across network, web application, mobile, cloud, and red team disciplines. You will operate as both a hands-on technical lead and a trusted advisor to clients, and you’ll play a key role in mentoring and developing junior consultants on the team.

Senior Consultants are expected to work with a high degree of autonomy, own the technical quality of their engagements, and represent Secure Ideas as a seasoned, professional voice in every client interaction.

Key Responsibilities

Engagement Delivery & Technical Leadership

Lead and perform advanced pentesting and security assessments, including network, web/API, mobile application, cloud, and red team/adversary simulation engagements as assigned.
Scope engagements accurately and identify the right testing methodology and tooling for each client's environment and risk profile.
Identify, validate, and exploit vulnerabilities beyond what automated tooling surfaces, applying deep technical expertise to uncover business-relevant risk.
Serve as technical lead on engagements, coordinating with any junior consultants assigned to the project and ensuring the work is completed to a consistently high standard.
Escalate scope, timeline, or technical risks to the Project Manager and leadership promptly.

Client Relationship & Communication

Participate in client kickoff meetings and serve as the primary technical point of contact once the Project Manager hands off the engagement.
Present findings and remediation guidance clearly to both technical and executive audiences, including in out-briefs and report walkthroughs.
Build lasting client relationships that support repeat engagements and account growth.

Reporting & Quality

Produce clear, accurate, and well-organized findings and reports that meet Secure Ideas' quality standards, in partnership with the technical editing function.
Peer review reports and technical work from other consultants to help maintain a consistent quality bar across the team.
Ensure documentation of testing methodology, evidence, and findings is thorough enough to withstand client or auditor scrutiny.

Mentorship & Team Development

Mentor Consultants and junior team members, providing technical guidance, code/report reviews, and hands-on coaching during engagements.
Contribute to internal training, tooling, and methodology improvements that raise the technical bar across the consulting team.
Support recruiting and technical interviewing for consulting roles as needed.

Thought Leadership & Business Development

Contribute to blogs, whitepapers, tool development, or conference talks that support Secure Ideas' reputation as an industry leader.
Support pre-sales activities such as scoping calls and proposal development when technical expertise is needed.

Candidate Requirements

Required

5+ years of hands-on pentesting / offensive security experience, including client-facing consulting engagements.
Demonstrated expertise across multiple testing disciplines (e.g., network, web application, mobile, cloud, or red team).
Strong report writing and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical findings for both technical and executive audiences.
Proven ability to work independently, manage competing engagement deadlines, and lead technical work with minimal oversight.
Comfort mentoring and reviewing the work of less experienced consultants.

Preferred / Strong Differentiator

Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSCE/OSEP, GPEN, GWAPT, CRTO, or CREST CRT/CCT.
Experience with cloud security assessments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Experience conducting social engineering engagements (phishing, vishing, etc.).
A track record of public speaking, published research, blogs, or CFP submissions.
Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source security tooling.

Compensation

Compensation is commensurate with experience and will be discussed as part of the interview process.

What Success Looks Like

Engagements are delivered on time with technically rigorous, client-ready findings.
Clients view you as a trusted technical advisor, not just an engagement resource.
Junior consultants on your engagements grow measurably under your mentorship.
Your work and visibility contribute to Secure Ideas' reputation and pipeline in the market.

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